当代考试－TEST (2)

TERMINAL TEST

Part I  Listening Comprehension  (15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.

Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Example: You will hear: Mr. Smith is not in; could you please give him a message?
        You will read: A)     I’m not sure.
                    B)     You’re right.
                    C)     Yes, certainly.
                    D)     That’s interesting.
From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message. Therefore, C)     Yes, certainly. is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Now the test will begin.

1.    A)    Oh, he’s very well.                                            B)       Certainly. 

C)    Oh, that’s nice of him.                                        D)       You’re welcome.

2.    A)    Good morning.                                           B)       How are you?      

C)    Yes, I am fine.                                                   D)      Not too well. I have a cold.

3.    A)    Helen found her pen.                                        B)       Helen is going to look for her pen.

C)    Helen isn’t looking for her pen now.                  D)       Helen is still looking for her pen now.

4.    A)    Saying and doing are the same.                         B)       Doing is more difficult than saying.

     C)    Saying may be more difficult than doing.           D)       Doing and saying are different.

5.    A)    Hurry up.                                                           B)       Nothing left.

C)    No more.                                                              D)   Me, too.

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

6.    A)       Student.                                                         B)       Dentist.

C)       Teacher.                                                               D)       Librarian.

7.    A)    Open the window.                                             B)       Give her a coat.

C)    Leave the window closed.                               D)       Open the door.

8.    A)    This afternoon.                                               B)       He won’t be able to go to Beijing.

  C)    After he finishes his work.                                 D)       Tomorrow morning.

9.    A)    Mary got up later than usual.                          B)       The train was late.

      C)    Mary missed the train.                                          D)       Her clock was out of order.

10.   A)    The man doesn’t mind working overtime 1.              B)    The man doesn’t like working overtime.

C)    The man enjoys being free.                                  D)       The man doesn’t like the job at all.

Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed on the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in the order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin.

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our city. You will stay at the Garden Hotel tonight. I hope you’ll have a good rest. Tomorrow,   11   is served at 7:00 a.m.. We’ll   12   at 7:45 a.m. to visit the Shanghai Radio and TV   13  . And then we’ll go to visit the Shanghai   14   and Technology Museum and have lunch there. In the afternoon, at about 4:00 p.m., we’ll go to the Jinmao Building. It is the tallest building in Shanghai, a very nice skyscraper 2. In the evening we’ll enjoy the beautiful   15   along the Huangpu River by ship.

Part II  Vocabulary and Structure  (15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your ability to use words and grammar correctly to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.

Section A

Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

16.   During the press conference, the president remained silent when         his opinion about the three-week strike.

       A)    asking           B)    being asked       C)    asked       D)   to be asked

17.   He keeps trying although he has         chance of success.

       A)    a little       B)    few       C)    a few       D)    little

18.   His anger at the school was a feeling         his son had been badly treated.

       A)    as       B)    since       C)    which       D)    that

19.   After         from high school, my son decided 3 to work for a year before continuing his education.

A)       graduating       B)       grading       C)       growing       D)       granting

20.           there is something else to discuss, I’ll declare the meeting closed.

       A)    As       B)    Unless       C)       Though       D)    While

21.   I         to the English Party last Sunday, but I fell ill.

       A)    did came       B)       had come       C)    would come      D)       would have come

22.   She is not welcome. She         enter my house again.

       A)    shall not   B)    can not   C)    does not   D)   has not

23.   She thought it unnecessary         so early.

       A)    getting up    B)    that get up     C)       to get up         D)   she got up

24.   Little         the history of this country, so I never talk about it.

       A)    of I know      B)       I knew       C)    do I know      D)       ever know I

25.   More and more cars are seen         in Beijing these years.

A)    run             B)    to run       C)    being running   D)       being run

Section B

Directions: There are also 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

26. We once heard the song (sing)         in Italy.

27.   He actually doesn’t have any (able)         to deal with this kind of situation.

28. Mother told me an (excite)         story the other day.

29. English is my (favor)         subject of all.

30. I am not sure whether he (attend)         the meeting or not, as he has not been here lately.

31. Go (straight)         down the road until you come to the Post Office.

32. She closed the gate to prevent the dog from (go)         out of the garden.

33. This is the first time I (hear)         such a terrible story.

34.   Every day the boy is the (early)         pupil to get to school.

35. If we (leave)         earlier, we wouldn’t have missed the train.

Part III  Reading Comprehension  (40 minutes)

Direction: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill 4. You should read the reading material carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Direction: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) or D) You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Honeybees cannot live alone. Their body structure and instincts (本能) equip them for life in a colony or community, where they have a complex social organization and various duties are divided among the individuals according to physical fitness and age. An individual worker bee cannot reproduce itself. While it may continue to live if isolated 5 from its mates, it fails to care for itself, and soon dies. Most insects have the ability to hibernate 6 (冬眠) in winter, but the honeybee seems to have lost this. Since at low temperatures the bees will die, it must have the ability to make its own environment, so far as temperature is concerned. This makes a colony necessary to the bees in winter, so that they may warm each other. Efficiency, if not necessity, demands that the work of the colony be divided, and such a division of labor 7 tends to enhance the need to maintain the colony. The physical structure of the honeybee is further suited for the defense 8 of the entire colony rather than for its own defense. The bee’s barbed sting (倒刺) is used only once and is made more effective by the fact that it is left behind in the victim. With the loss of the sting, however, the bee dies. This kind of defensive 9 weapon is not of service to the individual, but to the community.    

36.   According to the passage, bees are fitted for community life by virtue 10 of their         .

A)       flexibility 11

B)        intelligence and sensitivity

C)        independence and endurance

D)       instincts and form

37. According to the passage, a worker bee may survive for a short time even if it is         .

A)        deprived of its sting

B)   denied access to oxygen

C)        isolated from other bees

D)        exposed to a wide range of temperatures

38. It can be learned from the passage that at one time bees had the ability to         .

A)        increase their activity in lower temperatures

B)   leave cold climates during winter

C)   remain dormant 12 through periods of cold weather

D)        construct insulated (隔寒性能的) hives

39. According to the passage, bees differ from most other insects in their need to         .

A)        reproduce in large numbers

B)   control the temperature where they live

C)   divide the work of their colonies

D)   have a complex defense system

40. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A)   The Community Life of Bees.

B)   The Structure of the Bee.

C)   The Organization of Insect Colonies.

D)   The Life of Social Insects.

Task 2

Direction: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Few people enjoy speaking in public. Most people will experience the following signs of stress: your pulse quickens; your face goes pale; your breathing becomes shallow. But you can be a great speaker if you know some techniques to calm yourself.

The best technique to calm yourself is to breathe deeply. Inhale 13 (吸入) through your nose until your stomach can stick out no further and then exhale 14 (呼出) through your mouth. Do this at least ten times and you will feel much better.

       Arrive early and familiarize yourself with the room, the podium (讲坛), the A/V equipment and the seating arrangement. Stand at the podium and breathe deeply. There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well，or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

Mix with the audience as they arrive. Find out a few names and ask them why they have come. Chatting to them informally helps break the ice and will help remind you that your audience is made up of ordinary people like you and me.

Bring a photo of a child, spouse 15, pet with you and keep it where you can see it. Glance at it from time to time. If you are getting lost in your speech, look at it for 5 seconds and gather your thoughts. Remember that you are somebody’s hero.

Make eye contact with members of your audience. Look out for the friendly faces encouraging you to succeed. If you are too shy, connect with the empty chairs!

Smile warmly and act confidently and enthusiastically, even if you don’t initially 16 feel that way. As you begin to relax, this will become less of an act.

41    The following signs of nervousness have been mentioned in this passage except         .

     A)    your pulse beats quickly

     B)   your face turns pale

     C)   you breathe hard

     D)   you sweat

42.   It helps you         to look at the pictures you bring with you.

A)   get lost in your speech

B)        remember the happy time of your past

C)   gather your thoughts

D)   stop the noise of the audience

43.   Of the six techniques to calm yourself the best one is         .

     A)   to smile warmly and act confidently and enthusiastically

     B)   to mix with the audience as they arrive

     C)   to arrive early and familiarize yourself with the surroundings

     D)   to breathe deeply

44. The phrase “break the ice” (Para. 4) probably means         .­

     A)   cut the ice into pieces

B)   get people on friendly terms

C)   get to be happy

D)   melt the ice

45. The best title for this passage might be         .

A)   How to Calm Yourself When Speaking in Public

B)   How to Make a Good Speech

C)   Why You Need to Calm Yourself

D)   When to Calm Yourself

Task 3

Directions: The following is a short passage. After reading it, you should complete the information by filling in the blanks marked 46 through 50 in the table below. For each blank, you should write no more than 3 words.

   Consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction is determined 17 by the overall feelings or attitude a person has about a product after it has been purchased. Consumers are engaged in a constant process of evaluating the things they buy as these products are integrated into their daily consumption activities.

 What do consumers look for in products? They want quality and value. Especially because of foreign competition, claims of product quality have become crucial (至关紧要的) to maintaining a competitive advantage. Consumers use a number of cues to infer quality, including brand name, price, and even their estimates of how much money has been put into a new product’s advertisement campaign. These cues and others, such as product warranties 18 (保单) and follow-up letters from the company, are often used by consumers to relieve noticed risk and assure themselves that they have made smart purchase decisions. 

Consumer Satisfaction / Dissatisfaction

1.  Every consumer has   46   about a product after it has been purchased.

2.  Consumers want   47   in products.

3.  A number of cues used to infer quality:   48  ,   49   and so on.

4.  Consumers use   50   to relieve noticed risk.

Task 4

Directions: The following are expressions for sports. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……等同) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55.

A   —    road cycling race

B   —    Chinese chess

C   —     mountaineer

D   —     women’s weightlifting

E   —     electrical scoring

F   —    boxing gloves

G   —    record display

H   —    rugby ball

I    —     scoreboard

J    —    floor exercise

K   —    speed skater

L   —    ice hockey player

M  —     prize-giving ceremony

N   —    Chinese shadow boxing

O   —     goalkeeper

P   —    water polo

Examples:              (F) 拳击手套                    ( C) 爬山运动员

51. （  ）公路自行车比赛             （  ）自由体操

52. （  ）颁奖仪式                   （  ）象棋

53. （  ）速滑运动员                 （  ）守门员

54. （  ）积分牌                     （  ）橄榄球

55. （  ）水球运动                   （  ）太极拳

Task 5

Directions: Read the following passage. After reading it, you are required to complete the statements that follow (56 through 60). You should write your answers in no more than 3 words on the Answer Sheet correspondently.

Shopping from a catalogue is much more comfortable than shopping in person. Relaxing at home, catalogue customers can forget the pressures of traditional shopping. For one thing, a catalogue gets customers rid of the need for transportation to a department store and the problem of finding a parking space. More importantly, there is no shop assistant to press the catalogue shoppers into buying something they do not want. Best of all, if the customers do not find exactly what they have been looking for in the catalogue, they will not feel that they have wasted their time on a pointless journey; they will have spent perhaps fifteen minutes instead of a few hours, and their feet and legs will not be aching either. It is no wonder, therefore, that many people do their shopping at home.

56.   Please give a heading to the passage.

     Shopping                                                                                           .

57. If you shop from a catalogue, how about your transportation?

     No need                                                                                .

58. How much time will you spend on searching items from a catalogue?

     Perhaps                                                                                    .

59. What do you usually feel when you are persuaded to buy by a shop assistant in stores?

                                                                                           .

60. Why do many people prefer shopping at home?

     Because shopping at home is much more comfortable than ____________________.

Part IV  Translation — English to Chinese  (25 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. Each of the 4 sentences (61 to 64) is followed by 4 choices of suggested translation marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Write your translation of the paragraph (No. 65) in the corresponding space on the Translation / Composition Sheet.

61.   We could agree that each partner would pay additional costs in proportion to its investment in the project as a whole.

A)    总的来说，我们可能同意每个参加者为了他们在工程上的投资付另外的成本费。

B)    总的来说，我们可能同意每个参加者按工程投资比例来付额外的成本费。

C)    我们可以同意每个参加者按工程总体投资的比例来支付超出的费用。

D)   我们可以同意，每个参加者对其工程总体投资按比例来支付另外的成本费。

62.   Computer data bases and electronic mail systems have been around since the late 1970s.

A)    计算机数据库和电子邮件自20世纪70年代末，便无处不在了。

B)    20世纪70年代后期以来，计算机数据库和电子邮件系统已被广泛使用。

C)    20世纪70年代末，计算机数据基础和电子邮件系统就已经在大家周围了。

D)   20世纪70年代后期，计算机数据库和电子邮件已普及了。

63. Hardly a week goes by without news reports of some new records.

A)    几乎没有一个星期没有新的记录报道。

B)    几乎一个星期还没有过去就没有了新的记录。

C)    几乎每个星期都有一些新的记录的报道。

  D)   没有新的记录的报道，一个星期就过去了。

64. Her feelings as she read the letter were hardly to be defined.

A)    在她看信时她的感情几乎可以被确定。

B)    在她看信时她的感情几乎不能确定。

C)    她看信时的心情不可名状。

D)   她看信时的感情早已限定。

65                                                

10 February, 2006

Dear Sirs,

On receiving your letter, we found the prices of your machines a little bit higher than acceptable. If you could reduce Type 243 to $2000, white Type 410 to $2400—$2500, we will be very happy to place our order with you.

  Please write to us if possible. The dealing 19 is subject to our final confirmation 20.

Yours faithfully,

John Smith

Part V  Writing  (25minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a Notice according to the information given below. Remember to write the letter in no less than 80 words on the Translation / Composition Sheet.

说明：计算机系邀请上海金棕榈电脑系统有限公司总经理张先生来我校讲座，希望本系学生前往听讲。根据下列信息，以计算机系的名义写一张通知。

1．内容：现代计算机管理模式

2．时间：6月26日晚6︰00—8︰30

3．地点：多媒体讲演厅

Words for reference:

上海金棕榈电脑系统有限公司  Shanghai Golden Palm Computer System Ltd. Corp.

模式                                         pattern

多媒体                      multi-media

参考答案

Part I  Listening Comprehension  (共15分，每题1分)

Section A       1. C                          2. D                      3. D                      4. B                          5. D

Section B       6. C                          7. C                      8. A                      9. C                          10. A

Section C                     11. breakfast                         12. start off                     13. Tower                     14. Science                     15. sights

Part II  Vocabulary and Structure  (共20分，每题1分)

Section A       16. C       17. D       18. C       19. A       20. B       21. D       22. A       23. C       24. C       25. B

Section B                     26. sung                     27. ability                        28. exciting                       29. favorite                      30. will attend

                     31. straight                     32. going                           33. have heard                        34. earliest                           35. had left

Part III  Reading Comprehension  (共35分，36-45每题2分，46-60每题1分)

Task 1          36. D                    37. C                     38. C                    39. B                     40. A

Task 2         41. D                    42. C                     43. D                   44. B                      45. A

Task 3           46. an overall attitude                      47. quality and value                           48. brand name

49. price                                                 50. product warranties (or follow-up letters)

Task 4           51. A J                  52. M B                   53. K O                 54. I H                     55. P N

Task 5           56. from a Catalogue                            57. for transportation                       58. 15 minutes                        59. Feel pressure                              60. shopping in person

Part IV  Translation — English to Chinese   (共20分，61-64每题2分，65题12分)

按4等级评分：2 — 1.5 — 1 — 0

61. C-D-B-A                        62. B-C-D-A                      63. C-A-B-D                             64. C-B-A-D

65. 尊敬的先生：

       收信后发现贵公司机器的价格略高于我们所能接受的价格。假如贵公司能将243型的价格降至2000美元，而白色的410型降至2400—2500美元，我们将愉快地向贵公司发出订单。

              请予赐复。这项贸易需经我们最终确认。

John Smith 谨启

2006年2月10日

Part V  Writing  (共10分)

评分标准：

主要格式占3分，内容部分占7分，其中：

1.         内容连贯，没有明显语法错误得7分；

2.         内容连贯，有少数语法错误得5-6分；

3.         能写出大意，内容连贯，有多处语法错误得3-4分；

4.         能写出个别句子，语法错误多，内容不连贯得1-2分；

5.         仅能写出个别单词，没有句子得0分。

听力原文

Section A

1.    Bruce sends his best wishes.

2.    How are you this morning?

3.    Helen has been looking for her pen for an hour.

4.   It is easier said than done.

5.   I am so glad to meet you here, Janet.

Section B

6.     W: Mr. Smith, I’d like to talk to you about my term paper. When will it be convenient?

M: What about 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?

W: What is the man?

7.   M: Do you mind my opening the window?

W: As a matter of fact, it’s cold outside.

M: What does the woman mean?

8.   W: Tom isn’t able to go to Beijing this afternoon. He hasn’t finished his work yet.

M: Well, he’s already bought a ticket.

W. When will Tom go to Beijing?

9.   M: Why are you late for class this morning, Mary?

W: Oh, I’m sorry. I overslept and missed the train.

M: Why did Mary miss the class?

10. W: Are you willing to work overtime?

M: That’s no problem.

W: What do you know from the conversation?

Section C

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our city. You will stay at the Garden Hotel tonight. I hope you’ll have a good rest. Tomorrow, breakfast is served at 7:00 a.m.. We’ll start off at 7:45 a.m. to visit the Shanghai Radio and TV Tower. And then we’ll go to visit the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and have lunch there. In the afternoon, at about 4:00 p.m., we’ll go to the Jinmao Building. It is the tallest building in Shanghai, a very nice skyscraper. In the evening we’ll enjoy the beautiful sights along the Huangpu River by ship.